The Washington critic., 1887-06-28
TOPICS OF THE DAY.


sionary work, and the seeds McGlynn
dropped by the wayside are already
bearing fruit. Many Government
clerks have become firm believers in
the economy of Mr.. George, and a
movement is on foot to form an Anti.
Poverty Society. The prospects are
that the membership will be large.
Men who have grown musty In the
service and never accumulated any.
thing but large families. have tired OF
reading the standard works on political
economy, which seem to furnish no
cure for their case, and are drinking In
George like draught of fresh air.
Some long and animated discussions
occur at lunch times, und even the
women are interested in the question"
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Who could decipher John II. Nc
Lean, Cincinnati" out Of the tumble
Of letters you see on the hotel regis
ter asks Long Branch correspondent
of the Philadelphia Press. One might
well doubt the word of the clerk IL you
didn't recognize the features of the
editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer in the
youngish looking man, clad in blue
serge, patent leather shoes and straw
hat, standing by your side. Mr.. Nc
Lean has been one of the early birds
down here for three years past, and he
came down this week with the rain.
He edits his paper from here by means
of private telegraph wire which he
keeps but two hours every day; the
pf hn 1,a tn ,,1n
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Larry Jerome's story this week Is go.
ing the rounds rapidly, and is thus
told by the New York Naa and Err
press: The aristocratic Mrs. Snugpurse
has telephone In her house, and as
the meat had not arrived for dinner up
to 8 o'clock, she telephoned to the cen
tral office, and was put in communlca-
tion with the butcher. "Waal?"
drawled the butcher over the wire.
"'Where is the meat that was ordered
for Mrs. Snugpurse this morning ?"
9TH be at tn house in ten minutes" "
"I'm afraid you will disappoint me-"
"Waal you kin bet you sweet life, me
daisy, dat won't disappoint you. for
I'm dead stuck on your shape" A
shrek and then the query: "Do you
know to whom you are talking, sir ?"
"Of course ! do. I'm talking to tn
cook" mo you're not; you're talk.
ing TO Mrs. Snugpurse." "Well, in
that case" was the cheerful response,
"all bets Is off,"
A Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says that Secretary
Lamar in his personal treatment of
visitors, while always gentlemanly and
friendly, shows the same varying moods
of Incidence and industry that charac-
terizes his work. One day he will be
willing not only to talk business but
to attend to 1t, while on another day
II is absolutely useless to say anything
TO him. When he does make up his
mind TO attend 10 things, however, he
does 1t with cheerful friendliness
which almost makes up for his neglect
TO 60 anything few days before. One
young man who called on him some
time ago for permission to go through
the papers In case where pension
agent had been removed for cause
was met with straight refusal.
:. week afterward he called again when
the Secretary was In one of his busi.
ness moods and made the same request.
"Well," said he, slowly, "bring the
papers into the room beside me, and
look at them rs long as you want to.
The papers were brought In and placed
on table, and the Secretary going
through the door pointed them out.
"There they are," said he. There Is
writing paper and there are pencils
and pens and ink and blottlng paper,
and there" pointing amiably to closet,
''is bottle of whisky. If there is
anything else you need ring for it."
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One member of General Grants
family, about whom little is heard In
these days. says the New York Tribune,
Is U. s. Grant, jr., who is familiarly
known as Buck" Grant, having been
born in Ohio and nicknamed Buckeye.
lie married daughter Of the late
ex-senator jerome b. Chaffee of Colo
rado. In some respects he has more
OF his fathers characteristics than
either of the other sons. His retiring
disposition and quiet manners are like
those of ais father in days when the
future President was living quietly at
Galena, with no thought or prospect
of the greatness that was to be thrust
upon him by the approaching period of
war. Members. of the Grant family
look on Buck" as having much the
same character of reserve force as his
. father, and declare that If opportunity
and en- ergency come he will distln.
guish himself. He is modest and retir.
Ing and lover of home and family.
Georgetown College AIumui.